(19 March 2000)
XP5.23 now has Martian scenery and flight dynamics and is being sold for $99!! (I think this equates to about £63 but I could be wrong). There are more new features, including 3,500 helipads as well as new textures for taxiways and sounds.
(19 Sept 99)
The next upgrade is in the pipeline and will feature more enhancements.
If you have an older XP CD (ie, before 4.42) you will have to pay an upgrade price of approx $99 for a new CD in order to use XP5.1 (Please donate your old CD's to a local school/college as I am sure their physics dept will love to use it for aerodynamics lessons (and for lunch breaks!)
Yes, it is finally here. Upgrade or order at www.x-plane.com
Laurence Doering has created a terrain editor for the Mac which improves upon World Maker by adding new and very useful features. There is a Latitude/Longitude grid for positioning, airports and nav aids are clearly shown, a group land/water fill option, and most importantly a coastline overlay. You can download a 1 degree square (XP terrain files are 1 square degree) from the USGS site which is placed over the terrain file and you fill in the areas either side of the coastline. Get it from http://www.bcpl.lib.md.us/~ljd/x-plane.html
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